Given evolving technologies since the murder more than 20 years ago, investigators believe it now is necessary to reexamine the body, Michigan State Police Detective Lt. Cam Henke, commander of the Sixth District Special Investigation section said in a previous interview.

“This is something that investigators have spoken about extensively," he said during the interview. "We have consulted with the family and believe it’s the critical next step in this investigation.”

Siders was last seen alive on July 18, 1989, then 18 years old. Her body was not found until October of that year in the Manistee National Forest — it was badly decomposed, and she had several broken ribs, a broken shoulder bone and her skull was broken as well.